FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Uncle Meat (1969), as Cruising For Burgers, recorded at Apostolic Studios, New York, NY, 1967-1968
  • same version on Meat Light (2016), as Cruising For Burgers
  • same version on Meat Light (2016), as Cruising For Burgers
• Road Tapes, Venue #3 (2016), as Cruising For Burgers, performed in Minneapolis, MN, July 5, 1970
• BTB I: Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! (1991), as Cruising For Burgers, performed in New York, NY, November 1970
  • same version on BTB II: Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (1992), as Cruising For Burgers
• Carnegie Hall (2011), as Cruising For Burgers, performed in New York, NY, October 11, 1971
• BTB II: Swiss Cheese/Fire! (1992), as part of Wonderful Wino/Sharleena/Cruisin' For Burgers, performed in Montreux, Switzerland, December 4, 1971
• The Mothers 1971 (2022), as Cruising For Burgers, performed in London, UK, December 10, 1971
  • same version on Playground Psychotics (1992), as Cruisin' For Burgers
• Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), as Cruisin' For Burgers, performed in New York, NY, December 26 & 27, 1976
• Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), as Cruisin' For Burgers (1977 Mix), performed in New York, NY, December 29, 1976
  • same version, different mix, on Zappa In New York (CD, 1991), as Cruisin' For Burgers
• Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991), as Cruisin' For Burgers, performed in Lund, Sweden, April 26, 1988; Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 4, 1988

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• October 1967-August 1968 (MOI)—known performances: 1
• November 1968-May 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 2
• May-August 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 1
• May 1970 (MOI Reunion)—known performances: 1
• June-December 1970 (MOI)—known performances: 9
• August-October 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 4
• November-December 1971 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 7
• December 1976 (New York)—known performances: 4
• January-February 1977 (Europe)—known performances: 5
• October-December 1980 (North America)—known performances: 1 (only rehearsals)
• September-December 1981 (North America)—known performances: 1 (only rehearsals)
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 3; known quotations: 1
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 12

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1968: As during the Flo 'n' Eddie period, this tune appears at the tail end of "Holiday in Berlin". Performed as an instrumental, this version sounds more like the overdone Xmas '76 version (as heard on the CD release of ZINY) than the "Uncle Meat" track. The music has a more dramatic feel to it, and lacks the innocent simplicity of the studio release. There is no guitar solo, as we simply get the instrumental rendering of the composed portions.

1970: Essentially performed as on "Freaks and Motherfu*#@%!" from Beat the Boots Volume I.

1971: Essentially performed as on "Playground Psychotics". Notice the excellently placed "me" in the opening bars—a lingering lyric from the previous tune ("Sharleena"), which somehow links these two songs together and provides a neat sense of continuity. Don'tcha agree?

1976-77: Essentially performed as on ZINY, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo. The instrumental version, and did this tune ever rock harder.

1988: Essentially performed as on MAJNH, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo.

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Mr. Green Genes ("fake ID")